Lucent Announces Major New Contracts in Asia Pac

At the opening of the CommunicAsia show in Singapore, Lucent Technologies announced major new contracts and alliances in the Asia Pacific region. The company is showcasing its IMS and convergence architecture, next-generation access and transport solutions, mobility solutions and IPTV. Its recent successes include:ChinaTwo wireless network optimization contracts were awarded to Lucent Worldwide Services (LWS) by Tibet Mobile a subsidiary of China Mobile for its GSM network and Inner Mongolia Unicom a subsidiary of China Unicom for its CDMA networkZhongshan...

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Lucent Partners with ORCA on IPTV

Lucent Technologies announced a strategic alliance with Orca Interactive, which supplies an IPTV middleware solution. Under the multi-year agreement the companies are also collaborating on joint development to enhance service providers' ability to address the quality and control issues associated with deploying IPTV.http://www.lucent.com http://www.orcainteractive....

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MCI Rolls Out Business VoIP in Europe

MCI has begun its European roll-out of MCI Advantage, its portfolio of IP-based services designed for companies wanting to converge their voice and data networks. MCI Advantage, which includes networked VoIP and Hosted IP telephony, will be introduced throughout the next year. The initial offering, MCI Advantage IP Integrated Access, is now available in the UK and will soon be available in France, Germany and the Netherlands. http://www.mci....

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MPEG-4 HD over ADSL2+ Showcased at French Open

Alcatel, Broadcom, France Telecom and TANDBERG collaborated on an HDTV over ADSL2+ technology demonstration that took place earlier this month at the French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros Stadium in France.The demonstration, which was orchestrated by France Telecom, incorporated the Broadcom BCM97398 IP set-top box reference design. The BCM97398 features an MPEG-4 HD AVC video decoder/audio processor chip and BCM7038 dual channel HD and personal video recorder chip. http://www.broadcom....

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Amdocs' Telecom Software Scales Past 65 Million Users

Amdocs, HP and Sun Microsystems successfully completed the industry's largest scalability test for telecommunications providers with Amdocs' systems. The test was conducted in a production like environment of 65 million subscribers using production code, generating 3.5 million database transactions per hour across the full Amdocs platform. Amdocs said the testing methodology emulated real-world usage of its platforms, using fully operational, customer-specific code of the software. The software tested supported as many as 72,000 concurrent online...

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LSI Logic Hires Intel Exec for Worldwide Strategic Planning

LSI Logic named Jeff Richardson executive vice president, Worldwide Strategic Planning. Previously, Richardson was vice president of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group and general manager of Intel's Server Platform Group. He led the organization charged with developing, marketing and supporting Intel's server microprocessors, server chipsets, wired networking components, as well as the company's server OEM/channel board and systems business.http://www.lsilogic.comIn May 2005, LSI Logic appointed Abhi Y. Talwalkar as its president and CEO, succeeding...

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Nokia and OnRelay Collaborate on Mobile Deskphone

Nokia will market a "mobile deskphone" solution from OnRelay, a UK-based developer of fixed mobile convergence solutions, that integrates a corporate voice system (PBX) and all its surrounding business support systems with employees' 3G/GSM smartphones. OnRelay's MBX is a pure software solution that integrates with mobile devices based on open systems such as Nokia Series 60. It works over any mobile network in any country, is functional when roaming, and integrates into both IP and TDM PBXs from leading vendors such as Nortel, Cisco, Avaya and...

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ZigBee Specification to be Released

The ZigBee Alliance, which promotes wirelessly networked monitoring and control products based on an open global standard, announced plans for the public availability of the ZigBee specification. Beginning in late-June, universities, research institutions, companies and individuals will be able to access the specification and develop applications for ZigBee-based technology for non-commercial purposes. The specification will be available to download in a read-only format, free of charge, after registering through the ZigBee Web site.http://www...

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Intel Established US$200 million China Technology Fund

Intel is establishing a US$200 million China Technology Fund aimed at stimulating innovative start-ups developing hardware, software and services. Intel focuses on making minority equity investments in support of its strategic interests. Intel Capital, which has investment managers based in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, made its first strategic investment China in 1998 and since then has invested in close to 50 Chinese companies across nine cities in mainland China and Hong Kong. Eleven of these companies have since gone public or have been...

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Supreme Court Turns Down Review of FCC Media Ownership Rules

The U.S. Supreme Court decided to deny a request to review the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision on the FCC's media ownership rules.In June 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia overturned loosened media ownership rules adopted by the FCC in June 2003. The decision was seen as a blow to then FCC Chairman Michael Powell and large broadcasters. The FCC rules, adopted in 2003, sought to allow large media companies to exceed the previous 35% market penetration cap by acquiring additional local stations. FCC Commissioner...

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Global Crossing and VeriSign to Offer Managed Security Services

Global Crossing will offer VeriSign's advanced security solutions to its business and government customers worldwide.Available today, Global Crossing Managed Security Services provide proactive monitoring and management of firewall and intrusion detection systems, 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Additional features, including managed vulnerability alerts, incident response/forensics, phishing response, e-mail security and consulting, will be available over the coming months, creating a comprehensive security solution for enterprise and government...

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Microsoft Selects Aruba for Corporate WLAN

Aruba Networks was selected by Microsoft to provide next-generation networking equipment for its corporate network -- what is considered to be one of the world's largest WLANs serving over 25,000 simultaneous users each day across more than 60 countries around the world. Financial terms were not disclosed.Microsoft's new WLAN will cover 277 buildings covering more than 17 million square feet. It will include Aruba mobility controllers, mobility software and some 5,000 ultra-thin Aruba wireless access points.Aruba said the next-generation wireless...

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SIRIUS Implements Hierarchical Modulation to Boost Capacity

SIRIUS Satellite Radio will implement a proprietary hierarchical modulation to increase the total network capacity of its satellite media delivery network by approximately 25%. The technology will allow SIRIUS to offer additional audio channels, as well as advanced services such as data and video, without affecting the quality of its broadcasts.The modulation technology, developed by SIRIUS' Advanced Development Team based in Lawrenceville, NJ, will work over SIRIUS' current network, with minimal upgrades to its satellite uplink and terrestrial...

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Vonage and Linksys Offer Free Wi-Fi Router with Trade-in

Vonage and Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, kicked off a promotion whereby customers can trade in their used router -- any brand, any model -- for a Linksys Wireless-G Router with 2 Phone Ports for free (after rebates), when they sign up for Vonage's broadband phone service. The offer is available in the U.S. only through select retail and e-commerce stores and runs through July 23, 2005. Vonage charges $24.99 per month for unlimited calls throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. Since 2000, Linksys has shipped more than 15 million routers...

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Sea Launch Readies Intelsat Americas-8

Sea Launch has left port and is preparing to launch the Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) tri-band communications satellite on June 23. The Space Systems/Loral-built IA-8 satellite carries 28 C-band and 36 Ku-band transponders, as well as 24 Ka-band spot beams and will have total end-of-life power of 16 Kw -- making it one of the most powerful communications satellites to date.IA-8 will be the fifth Intelsat satellite in the North American arc and the 28th satellite in Intelsat's global fleet. This mission is Sea Launch's fifth launch for Loral and...

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JDSU Names COO

JDS Uniphase named David Vellequette to the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Vellequette has been JDS Uniphase's acting senior financial officer since February 2005. Before joining JDSU, he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Service Operations at Openwave Systems. Before that, Vellequette served as Cisco Systems' Vice President of Finance supporting the multi- billion dollar service provider line of business. http://www.jdsu....

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ARRIS to Supply CMTS for Hanaro Telecom

ARRIS announced a major new contract to supply Korea's Hanaro Telecom with ARRIS Cadant C4 Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS) as part of Hanaro's next-generation large capacity CMTS upgrade. The contract was won by CommVerge Solutions , ARRIS' Korean Value-Added Reseller (VAR. ARRIS expects that deliveries of the Cadant C4 will be made over a three-year period. Hanaro Telecom is Korea's second-largest broadband telecommunications provider, with total subscribers of 2.8 million. http://www.arrisi.com/http://www.commverge.c...

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SOMA Raises $50 Million for WiMAX / HSDPA Platform

SOMA Networks, a start-up based in San Francisco, secured $50 million in late-stage funding for its broadband wireless platform that is capable of supporting both WiMAX and HSDPA standards. SOMA said the key advantages of the its solution include a large cell size for quick and inexpensive market entry, multi-megabit data rates, voice capabilities, non-line-of-sight access enabling self-installation of its "SOMAport" wireless broadband gateway with subscriber self-activation of services. SOMA's system consists of SOMA's SoftAir platform, the SOMA...

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Centillium Offers Integrated VoIP/ADLS Chip

Centillium Communications has expanded its Palladia 400 family of chipsets to include an integrated VoIP solution for the ADSL market. The Palladia 400-2P includes two voice channels and is created for home gateway applications, while the Palladia 400-4P with four channels of voice is optimized for high-end enterprises. Centillium's field-tested architecture combines an ADSL2/2+/2++ modem, a high-performance 200MHz network processor, a 200MHz dedicated voice DSP, two RMII and a USB port plus a PCI interface which supports all of the new wireless...

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